Re: Man immolates self on train in Nagano Pref
Dave Fossett wrote:
> Hanako Kobayashi wrote:
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>
>> I think the article said he died. I'm more concerned that it wasn't
>> just a suicide, but a mass murder attempt, something that the
>> article sort of glossed over (and that might be because the
>> authorities did that as well).
>
>
> That's what I wondered too considering the way in which he apparently
> waited until the train was in a tunnel. I have read comments making
> comparisons with the fire on the Seoul subway train.
>
Maybe the police decided to play it safe until they know for sure, and
even then if it was an attack I wouldn't be surprised if they don't keep
it quiet in the name of not scaring the s**t out of people.
But I wonder if anyone in the Japanese media asked why the train's fire
extinguishers weren't used.
John W.
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